A local carrot
Sold via other methods
Farmer offers CSA, growing a variety of crops
Farmer seeks to connect to customers
Farmer has time to advertise and connect with customers
Farmer needs boxes to be packed
Farmer has time to pack boxes
Food bank wants local carrot
Excess from farmer
Gleaners harvest
Relationships
Funds from food bank
Awareness of quality
Relationships
Forethought/planning
Infrastructure investment
Logistics management
Shared infrastrucutre
Infrastructure investment
Logistics management
Energy costs
Waste management system
Space
Infrastructure investment
Logistics management
Staff/volunteer time
Boxes
Drivers
Vehicles
Volunteer/staff time
Drivers
Refrigerated vehicles
Other holding location
Cooking knowledge
Kitchen equipment
Energy costs
Time
Excess money/grants
Method of identifying recipients
Customers with money
Advertising/reputation
Knowledge of model
Willingness for risk
Community spirit
Involved community
Staff time
Kitchen space
Food safety certifications
A local carrot
Food bank has funds to buy produce
Food bank is aware of quality of local produce
Food bank has relationships with local farmer
Food bank and farmer agree on price
Food bank does not have relationships with local farmer
Food bank is unaware of local food quality
Food bank does not have funds to buy produce
Local carrot
Farmer delivers to restaurant
Restaurant holds food
Farm delivers to food bank
Solid ground delivers to restaurant
Restaurant repacks into curated box
Volunteer picks up and delivers to neighborhood location
Person gets box and takes home
Prepares food
Eat
Restaurant prepares meal
Customer picks up
Carrot sold to food bank
Carrot needs to be transported from farm to food bank
Food bank fits into existing farmer delivery route
Farmer has time and truck space
Food bank has trucks, drivers, time
No existing delivery route
Carrot is donated to food bank
Gleaners come to harvest extra produce
More of population given opportunity to experience farming/ecology
Farmer has time to harvest extra for donation
Food bank has volunteer network
Farmer has extra produce
Food bank has funds to purchase carrot
From donations
Profit from some paid services (if any)
External funding (philanthropy? subsidy?)
Farmer delivers
Food bank needs loading dock space
Sufficient: move forward
Carrot needs cold storage
Food bank has cold storage: Carrot packed when needed
Sufficient packing area space
Food bank needs to identify potential customers
Food bank has unrestricted funds and customers self-identify
Food bank has evaluation metrics and needs to collect information
Fewer customers served
Insufficient packing area
Insufficient: waiting period
Risk of food spoiling
Additional resources required from food bank or farmer to store
Food bank picks up
Delivered to central location
Delivered to homes
Prepared by people at home
Eaten
Food Lifeline
Northwest Harvest
Smaller pantries
Need transportation
Food is distributed to people
Pre-set food boxes
Volunteer drivers or delivery network
Grocery-style
People come to pick up
More dignity
COVID risk
Food bank or others can connect customers with farmer
Food bank does not have relationship
Food bank has relationship with farmer or is able to build one
Farmer does not have extra produce and food bank has no funds
Food bank organizes volunteers to come help pack boxes
Not enough cold storage
Packed immediately
Composted
Donated elsewhere
Delivered to restaurant
Restaurant/meal prep org picks up
Restaurant/meal prep org staff decides how to prepare food
Cooks ready-to-eat meals
Sold for profit
Given as free meals
Delivered to homes
Customer comes to restaurant/central location
Pay-what-you can model
Pickles or cans food for long-term storage
Curates CSA-style boxes for customers